POWR vs ShareThis (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ShareThis grades higher than POWR: 3.2 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
ShareThis grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
POWR
Library of 60+ website widgets, from popups and forms to feeds
Which one is for you
Pick POWR if
- Fits if you're on Wix, Squarespace or Shopify and want a popup without code
- Works for small sites where 1,000 sign-ups a month is enough
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to A/B test your popups, as nothing on record says it can
- Pricey if you want lots of POWR apps, as each is its own plan and all of them means Business at $79.19 a month
- Tight if you stay free or on Starter, as both stop at 25 sign-ups a month with no exit intent
- Watch out: monthly upgrades aren't refunded, and annual ones only within 5 days
- Watch out: its pages give the yearly saving as 10% in one place and 20% in another
Pick ShareThis if
- Fits if you want share buttons on a site and don't mind the ad-data side
- Works for publishers on WordPress or Shopify
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you care about who gets visitor data: ShareThis also runs a data business
- Watch out: the site shows an advertising-partner consent notice and an opt-out link
- Watch out: with no price, what you pay is in data, set out in its privacy policy
- Too light for posting to networks: it handles sharing and following only
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAPOWRFair | 3.2GPAShareThisVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BGraded on the popup app alone. A site with 20,000 visitors needs Pro for exit intent and 1,000 sign-ups a month: $11.87 billed yearly ($15.84 monthly), in the lowest-priced quarter here. But each app is priced on its own, and all of them means Business at $79.19. | AFree, with no paid plan shown on the pages we read. |
| Free plan and trial | CEvery app has a free version, but the free popup stops at 25 sign-ups a month, shows POWR branding and has no exit intent. Starter at $4.83 drops the branding but keeps the 25 cap. Fine for a look, not for a real site. | AFree outright, with analytics included at no cost. |
| Features | CSet beside its listed alternatives, which is fairer for a library of 60+ apps: the popup has 250+ templates, coupon, survey and age-check types, and exit-intent, delay and click triggers on Pro. There's no A/B testing on record, though, and the other apps are a different job. | CShare, follow and reaction buttons, analytics, consent tools, an API and an MCP server. The consent platform is a separate product we didn't read. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It installs as an app on Shopify, Wix and Squarespace or with embed code, and the editor needs no code, but you still build each popup and set its triggers. | BNo store rating on record. Paste in a snippet or use a plugin and the buttons appear. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but its apps install on more than 70 platforms, including Shopify, Wix, BigCommerce, Squarespace and Joomla, and Pro syncs to Mailchimp, Google Sheets and Zapier. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb, with WordPress, Shopify, React, Angular and Cloudflare, plus an API. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | a popup plus a few other site widgets | share and follow buttons from an ad-data company |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: POWR and ShareThis. How we grade
Price against what you get
POWR starts at $4.83 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ShareThis has no paid plan and scores 2.7.
ShareThis scores higher and starts $4.83 a month lower. Of the other popup and widget tools on the chart, 2 score higher than POWR for less, and none scores higher than ShareThis for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- POWR also covers templates, no-code, forms and popups.
- ShareThis also covers reports.
At a glance
| POWR | ShareThis | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $4.83 per app / month, billed annually | Free |
| Free plan | Every app has a free version; the free Popup allows 5 popup elements and 25 submissions a month, shows POWR branding and has no exit intent. | Share buttons and other tools are described as free; Sharing Intelligence analytics is included at no cost. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | POWR | ShareThis |
| Price read from | powr.io | sharethis.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
POWR
- Starter and Pro upgrade only one app type each; covering several apps means several subscriptions or the Business plan.
- For popups, exit intent, delay triggers and Mailchimp or Zapier sync need Pro; the free and Starter versions stop at 25 submissions a month.
- Monthly upgrades are not refunded; annual and two-year upgrades can be refunded within 5 days of purchase.
- Its pages state the yearly saving differently: 10% in the FAQ and 20% on the popup page, with listed prices 20% to 31% below monthly.
ShareThis
- ShareThis also runs a data business, and the site shows an advertising-partner consent notice and an opt-out link.
- The pages read show no paid plan, so what the free tools cost in data terms is covered by its privacy policy, not by a price.
- Some tools, such as the consent platform, are separate products with their own pages that were not read here.
Key features
POWR
- Popups for many jobs
- Email sign-up, coupon, exit-intent, abandoned-cart, age-check, survey and promotion popups, with more than 250 templates to start from.
- Triggers and display rules
- From Pro, show a popup on exit intent, after a delay or on a click, cap how often visitors see it and schedule campaigns for set dates.
- 60+ other website apps
- Form builders, photo and video galleries, Instagram and social feeds, countdown timers, product reviews, FAQ, live chat and PayPal or Stripe buttons.
- Works on most site builders
- Apps install on more than 70 platforms, including Shopify, Wix, BigCommerce, Squarespace and Joomla, or on any HTML site with embed code.
- Lead capture and follow-up
- Submissions land in a dashboard with instant alerts; Pro adds an automated welcome email and sync to Mailchimp, Google Sheets and Zapier.
- One dashboard for every app
- Manage all apps across all your sites in one place, with the contacts and payments each one has collected.
ShareThis
- Share buttons for 40+ channels
- Inline and sticky bars, image buttons shown on hover, and video share buttons.
- Sharing Intelligence
- Share counts per page and network, channel analytics and top shared content, included with every product.
- AI assistants as share targets
- Share buttons can include ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity beside social networks.
- Follow and reaction buttons
- Follow buttons for your social profiles and one-tap reaction buttons on articles.
- Consent and privacy tools
- A consent management platform for GDPR and US privacy notices, and a privacy policy generator.
- API and MCP server
- A REST Headless API and an MCP server at mcp.sharethis.com manage properties and tools without the dashboard.
Plans
POWR
Free$0
The free version of each app. For the Popup app: 5 popup elements and 25 submissions a month.
Starter$4.83
per app / month, billed annually ($7.04 billed monthly)
Upgrades one app type. For Popup: no POWR branding and unlimited elements, but still 25 submissions a month and no exit intent or Mailchimp.
Pro$11.87
per app / month, billed annually ($15.84 billed monthly)
Upgrades one app type. For Popup: 1,000 submissions a month, exit intent, delay and click triggers, a welcome email, and Mailchimp and Zapier sync.
Business$79.19
per month, billed annually ($98.99 billed monthly)
Upgrades the whole account: every feature on all 60+ apps, unlimited popup submissions and 10,000 Email Blast sends a month.
ShareThis
Free$0
Inline, sticky, image and video share buttons, follow and reaction buttons, and Sharing Intelligence analytics.
Ways to pay less
POWR
- Annual discount
Yearly and two-year billing cost less
Popup Starter is $4.83 a month billed annually against $7.04 monthly; the FAQ gives 10% off yearly and 20% off two-year billing.
- Nonprofit
Half price for registered nonprofits
Registered nonprofits get 50% off yearly upgrades, arranged through customer support.
ShareThis
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, POWR or ShareThis?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ShareThis is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $4.83 a month for POWR. POWR starts at $4.83 per app / month, billed annually, and ShareThis is free.
Which has a free plan, POWR or ShareThis?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both POWR and ShareThis have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.